Jisho

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9 strokes
Radical:
power, force
Parts:
Variants:
courage, cheer up, be in high spirits, bravery, heroism
Kun:
いさ.む
On:
ユウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
1319 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 勇 【ユウ】 bravery, courage, heroism
  • 勇気 【ユウキ】 courage, bravery, valour, valor, nerve, boldness
  • 義勇 【ギユウ】 heroism, loyalty and courage
  • 武勇 【ブユウ】 bravery, military prowess, valour, valor

Kun reading compounds

  • 勇む 【いさむ】 to be in high spirits, to be encouraged, to be lively, to cheer up

Readings

Japanese names:
お、 はや
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yong3
Korean:
yong

Spanish

  • valentía
  • audacia
  • heroísmo
  • estar en buen estado de animo
  • ser animado

Portuguese

  • coragem
  • torcer
  • estar em altos espíritos
  • heroísmo

French

  • courage
  • être en verve
  • remonter le moral
  • bravoure
  • héroïsme
524 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
622 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
592 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1167 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
726 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
825 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
371 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
908 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1386 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1474 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1154 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
218 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2592 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1326 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1798 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1419 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2360P Morohashi
2089 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
541 New Nelson (John Haig)
1407 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1509 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
535 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3545 2001 Kanji
2g7.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-7 SKIP code
2-7-2 SKIP code
1742.7 Four corner code
1-45-06 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
52c7 Unicode hex code

6 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
name, noted, distinguished, reputation
Kun:
-な
On:
メイミョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
177 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 名 【メイ】 counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such), first name, famous, great, name, noun
  • 名画 【メイガ】 famous picture, masterpiece (painting), excellent film, film classic
  • 同名 【ドウメイ】 same name, homonym
  • 芸名 【ゲイメイ】 stage name
  • 名目 【メイモク】 name, title, appellation, (something) nominal, (under the) pretext (of), pretense
  • 苗字 【ミョウジ】 surname, family name, last name
  • 仮名 【カメイ】 alias, pseudonym, pen name, nom de plume
  • 同名 【ドウメイ】 same name, homonym

Kun reading compounds

  • 名 【な】 name, given name, title, fame, renown, reputation, pretext, pretense, justification, appearance
  • 名残 【なごり】 remains, traces, vestiges, relics, (the sorrow of) parting, end
  • 仮名 【かめい】 alias, pseudonym, pen name, nom de plume
  • 【カタカナ】 katakana, angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ming2
Korean:
myeong

Spanish

  • nombre
  • célebre
  • distinguido
  • reputación

Portuguese

  • nome
  • fama
  • distinção
  • reputação

French

  • nom
  • célèbre
  • fameux
  • réputation
140 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
55 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
71 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
116 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1170 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
131 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
34 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
346 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.3 Japanese for Busy People
82 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
82 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
82 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
285 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2693 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1371 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1857 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
113 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3297 Morohashi
2169 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
716 New Nelson (John Haig)
112 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
117 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
140 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
53 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2577 2001 Kanji
3d3.12 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-3 SKIP code
4-6-1 SKIP code
3-3-3 SKIP code
2760.0 Four corner code
1-44-30 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
540d Unicode hex code